THE BRIDGE PAGE 1 VOL. 10 NO. 3 JANUARY 18, 2017

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1 THE BRIDGE PAGE 1 VOL. 10 NO. 3 JANUARY 18, 2017 This Sunday, January 22, we will be marking Sanctity of Life Sunday by focusing on the subject, The Value of Human Life. This message is a part of the series, Unapologetic. I am going to lead us in an in-depth concentration on why every human life matters to God and should to us. I am then going to give some practical things we can do to evidence our commitment to stand for life and help build a culture of life. I think this could be a pivotal year in this regard. It is not beyond the realm of possibility that Congress would remove all federal funding for Planned Parenthood. It won t be a battle without opposition, though. Pray that those in government who are strongly pro-life won t budge on their promise to defund that organization that has been caught engaging in some of the most hideous practices imaginable. We are now just over a month out from the [UN]Apologetic conference (February 24-25). If you haven t registered, I want to encourage you to do so soon. Even more so, I want to encourage you to invite someone to be your guest who is a skeptic or a seeker or just not sure what to believe. This is a weekend that will provide them with exceptional clarity on the issues of (Continued on page 2) WHAT S INSIDE Contact Information... 2 Golden Marriage Celebration... 2 Welcome New Members... 3 Lamplighters... 3 Call to Prayer... 3 Mosaic BFG New Study... 3 [UN]Apologetic Conference... 4 From the Heart of John Parker... 5 Music Notes from Dodie th Anniversary Cookbook... 7 The Chorale from DBU... 8 Hill Toppers Potluck... 8 Women s Bible Study... 9 Mom2Mom... 9 Alaska Trip Membership Student Life Camp Student Ministry Events Tutoring Opportunity Who ll Teach the Children? Children s Events Calendar & Reports Retrospective... 15

2 PAGE 2 THE BRIDGE (Continued from page 1) STAFF Dr. Gary Dyer SENIOR PASTOR Cell garyd@aus nbap stchurch.com Dr. David Procter EXECUTIVE PASTOR Cell davidp@aus nbap stchurch.com John Parker ASSOCIATE PASTOR OF MUSIC & WORSHIP Cell johnp@aus nbap stchurch.com Ma Gillum MINISTER TO STUDENTS & THEIR FAMILIES Cell ma g@aus nbap stchurch.com Cathy Smith MINISTER TO CHILDREN & THEIR FAMILIES Cell cathys@aus nbap stchurch.com Dodie Morris MUSIC & WORSHIP ASSOCIATE dodiem@aus nbap stchurch.com Jon Marc Burge CONTEMPORARY WORSHIP ASSOCIATE jonb@aus nbap stchurch.com eternal truth. Though there will be later opportunities for such, there may never be one quite to compare with this particular weekend. In fact, a great way to make an investment in their future spiritually is to offer to pay their registration cost; and don t forget to register at the student rate. As a member of ABC you have been afforded that privilege. While others pay $35, those in our church can attend for $20 by registering as students at the website Talk about the cream of the crop! To have people of the caliber of Lee Strobel, Mark Mittelberg, and Mike Licona (as well as a number of other great scholars) is going to be a one-of-a-kind event for ABC! Gary Dyer, Pastor John 3:30 ADMINISTRATION Chris na Mendoza MINISTERIAL STAFF EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT / IT SPECIALIST chris nam@aus nbap stchurch.com Jennifer Koret FINANCE ADMINISTRATOR jenniferk@aus nbap stchurch.com Rita Jones OFFICE MANAGER ritaj@aus nbap stchurch.com Derek Tacke FACILITIES MANAGER Cell derekt@aus nbap stchurch.com Cli een Samuelson EVENTS COORDINATOR events@aus nbap stchurch.com Joe Pere DIRECTOR OF MEDIA MINISTRY joep@aus nbap stchurch.com SUPPORT STAFF Bill Dickson, FINANCE CLERK billd@aus nbap stchurch.com Elena Samper, ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT elenas@aus nbap stchurch.com Ka Dobbs, CHILDREN S MINISTRY ASSOCIATE ka d@aus nbap stchurch.com

3 THE BRIDGE PAGE 3 Welcome New Members Johnny and Cathy Hill transferred their membership from New Hope Baptist Church in Cedar Park on Sunday, January 15. They live in Lakeway and began worshiping with us last year. Johnny is from Lake Whitney and earned his degree in accounting from Texas Tech University in Lubbock and his MBA from West Texas A&M University in Canyon. He is a certi ied public accountant. He is assistant superintendent for business, inancial, and auxiliary services for the Lake Travis Independent School District. Cathy is from Spring Lake and earned her bachelor and master s degrees in mathematics from Texas Tech University. She is an instructional coach in the Lake Travis ISD. Johnny and Cathy met in Texas Tech University and married in They have two grown children, a son in Dallas and a daughter here in Austin. The Hills moved to Austin in 2009; they attend Disciplemakers Bible Fellowship. (Editor s Note: At press time, a photo was not available.) David Procter

4 PAGE 4 THE BRIDGE ABC Members: Click here to go directly to register at the Student Rate for $20 if registered by February 9, 2017.

5 THE BRIDGE PAGE 5 As Dr. Dyer so wonderfully proclaimed last Sunday in his sermon from Psalm 19, we do indeed live in a massive universe, beautifully created, meticulously organized and gloriously maintained by our God. The heavens declare the glory of God! Amen and amen! MUSIC IN WORSHIP Sunday, January 22, :00 am How Great Thou Art My Lord is Near Me All the Time He Knows My Name You Knew Me Lord Speak to My Heart 11:11 am Alive Jesus, Son of God Jesus, Only Jesus Forever Reign I am humbled even more when I remember that God s care for His creation reaches from the ends of the universe (billions of light years away) all the way down to tiny and seemingly insigni icant you and me. Doesn t that blow your mind? My little brain can t even begin to understand why a God so great, mighty and powerful would care for one like me. And yet, He does. How do I know He cares for me? The Bible declares it over and over. God speaks it to me daily, and I can clearly hear it when I really pay attention to His Spirit. Here are but six simple reminders of how much God cares for you and me. Take in these phrases and passages and let them minister to you today as we daily serve our gracious God with joy and gratitude. HE MADE ME For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother's womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. Psalm 139:13-14 (ESV) HE PROVIDES FOR MY NEEDS Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? Matthew 6:26 (ESV) HE GAVE HIS SON FOR MY SIN What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also with Him graciously give us all things? Romans 8:31-32 (ESV) HE GIVES ME HOPE AND A FUTURE For I know the plans I have for you, declares the L, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. Jeremiah 29:11 (ESV) HE WELCOMES ME INTO HIS PRESENCE Let us then with con idence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and ind grace to help in time of need. Hebrews 4:16 (ESV) HE S PREPARING A HOME FOR ME And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to Myself, that where I am you may be also. John 14:3 (ESV) Blessings, John Parker

6 PAGE 6 THE BRIDGE Kathy Morales daughter, Emily (le ), celebra ng with new believer, Shinelle, following her bap sm at Connect Church in Calgary, Alberta, Canada If we don t know how or what to pray, it doesn t matter. He does our praying in and for us, making prayer out of our wordless sighs, our aching groans. ROMANS 8:26 THE MESSAGE The youngest member of The Family Upstairs is just past two and a half years old. She, like our other granddaughters, is quite verbal, babbling away in complete sentences that we cannot always understand. As her speech has developed, it seems that her vowels do not always sound like the word she is trying to say. For example, she has been taught to ask for help when she gets frustrated. However, when she says, I need help, it sounds like I need hope. Everyone in the house knows what she means, and one of us goes immediately to help her solve whatever problem she has. Sometimes I wonder if my prayers are like the messy language of a two-yearold, struggling to ind the right words. Aren t you glad that God knows and provides what we need, but still enjoys our childish attempts at conversation? Children sharpen their language skills by practice. We can get better or clearer at prayer the same way practice! If you have been praying for the people of Calgary there is some good news to share: Our friend, Kathy Morales, has been ministering to the University of Calgary girls basketball team over the last two or three years. Our student mission team has assisted her both last summer and the year before in providing a meal, some music, fellowship, and a short devotional for the team after one of their practices. Kathy has also been witnessing one-on-one to a couple of the girls. A few weeks ago, one of the girls accepted Christ! She was baptized this past Sunday at Connect Church (the church plant that ABC is supporting.) They used a hot tub! Several of her teammates (all unbelievers) came to watch her baptism and hear the Word preached by Dan Sweaza. So please keep praying! All the girls and their coaches need to know Jesus. Dodie

7 THE BRIDGE PAGE 7 Help celebrate the 10th Anniversary of Austin Baptist Church. Please help us create a special commemorative10th Anniversary Cookbook that shares the ABC families favorite recipes, along with a photographic history of the life of our church. Please help us to make this a treasured keepsake. Submit Handwri en Recipes Pick up a RECIPE COLLECTION SHEET at the Welcome Center, from the church of- ice, or at the desk in front of Skylight Hall. Fill it out and return your recipe(s) to either of these collection locations. Your Recipes Send your recipes by to: ritaj@austinbaptistchurch.com Submit Recipes Online Go to and login. The login user name is ribelin7016. Use the password roast500. Enter your name just the way you want it to appear in the cookbook. Choose the box that says Add Recipes. Deadline for Submission Please submit a maximum of ive recipes by Sunday, February 5, The site is user-friendly, so just follow the instructions. You will have a chance to preview how your recipe will look in the cookbook, do a spell check, and make edits to your recipe before you are asked to save your entry.

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12 PAGE 12 THE BRIDGE Ms. Kathy Goeoke, elementary school principal at Grandview Hills Elementary reports: We are in the process of establishing an after-school tutoring program for our students who are struggling in the area of writing. Our writing performance has decreased over the past several years, and we would like to begin providing support for our students in that area. The tutoring will be an extension of the classroom instruction. We want to give each tutored student a boost that will impact his/her classroom experience. We would like to begin Tuesday, January 31, and provide Tuesday/Thursday tutoring through April 27 from 3:00-4:00 p.m. need any speci ic skills to tutor, other than a love of children and the ablity to encourage students to become better writers. istation will do the rest. Interested persons should contact Andrea Wardrop at andrea.wardop@leanderisd.org. Kind, caring adults are needed to assist students with a computerized writing support. This program, istation, will be the curriculum for tutoring. An orientation will be provided so you will have the background needed to assist students as they work their way through the program. Volunteers do not Six beautiful new preschool rooms are now complete and ready for an enlarged ministry to preschoolers and their families. Along with the rooms and furnishings, we need men and women, members of our church, committed to loving and teaching boys and girls the Word of God. It is one of our greatest opportunities, and represents an investment in eternity. It is essential that Austin Baptist Church provide devoted children s leaders, equipped to teach the Bible in ways that are compelling and appropriate to each age. Are you someone that God is calling to teach the Bible to preschoolers? Are you willing to learn? We can help. Contact Cathy Smith, our wonderful Minister to Children and Their Families. She and her Associate Kati Dobbs are an incredible team, and we are growing. We need your help today! David Procter

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14 PAGE 14 THE BRIDGE NEXT WEEK AT ABC Sunday, January 22 9:00 am Traditional Worship, Worship Center 10:10 am Bible Fellowship Groups 11:11 am Contemporary Worship, Worship Center Monday, January 23 6:30 pm Deacons Meeting, Great Hall Tuesday, January 24 10:00 am VBS Leadership Team Meeting, Rm. 134 Wednesday, January 25 5:00 pm Fellowship Dinner, Great Hall 6:00 pm Church Business Meeting/Bible Study, Great Hall Young Adult Discipleship, Rm. 243-A 6:30 pm Student Ministry Axis, Student Suite Thursday, January 26 6:30 pm Student Ministry Dodgeball Tourney, VHS ON THE HORIZON February 1 Outreach & Evangelism Team Meeting 5 Children s Ministry Preschool BFG Leaders Meeting Acteens Student Ministry s Disciple Now Weekend 12 Golden Wedding Celebration 16 Hill Toppers Pot Luck Event 19 Membership 101 Lord s Supper Trustee Meeting Finance Committee Meeting 20 Deacons Meeting 22 Business Meeting [un]apologetic Conference 28 Children s Ministry Parent-Baby Dedication Class March 3 Parents Night Out 5 Daddy-Daughter Date Night 12 Membership Student Ministry Girls Pinterest Night SUNDAY AWANA 2 pm Joyful Noise 2 pm MONDAY Tiny Tots & Tunes 9:30 am Class, Rm 134 TUESDAY Tiny Tots & Tunes 9:30 am Class, Rm :30 am Class, Rm 134 Music Rehearsal 7:00 pm, 11:11 Band WEDNESDAY Tiny Tots & Tunes 10:00 am Class, Rm 134 RECURRING EVENTS LOST AND FOUND DEACONS ON CALL Week of January 23, 2017 Jack Brandon David Brower FELLOWSHIP MENU WEDNESDAY cont. KIDZMUZIK 6:00 pm, Children s area Music Rehearsals 6:00 pm Handbells 7:30 pm Choir Rehearsal 7:45 pm Orchestra Rehearsal THURSDAY Mom2Mom 9:45 am Rm 248 Women s Bible Study 9:45 am Rm 243 A & B Starts Jan 26 American Heritage Girls/ Trail Life Jan 19, Feb 2 & 16 6:00 pm, Rm 137 If you have lost your Bible, a jacket, eyeglasses or any other item, please check the LOST AND FOUND table set up in Great Hall. We will hold these items for two weeks. Items not picked up will be given to Salvation Army or Goodwill. Wednesday, January 25, 2017 Chef s Choice OUR RESPONSE TO GOD S FAITHFULNESS Annual 2017 General Fund Budget $3,500, Average Weekly Requirement... $ 67, Year-to-Date Requirement... $201, Account YTD Budget YTD Variance YTD Actual v. Budget General Fund $40, $121, $201, ($80,601.61) Designated $ $1, Bldg./Strong $2, $14, Fill the Rooms $.00 $ Total Giving $43, $137, Building on a Strong Foundation Total-to-Date $4,502, Our Attendance Sunday, January 15, :00 Service :11 Service Bible Fellowship Groups Amistad AUSTIN BAPTIST CHURCH 7016 RIBELIN RANCH DRIVE AUSTIN, TX

15 THE BRIDGE PAGE 15 ABOVE PHOTOS LEFT: Judy Rowland, The Majesty and Glory of Your Name. MIDDLE: Taylor Gaskins RIGHT: Gary & Teena Dyer doing a promo on about the 10th Anniversary Cookbook. CONSTRUCTION PHOTOS BELOW Taken January 10, 2017 Linda Sheppard, Photographer